ALEXANDRIA, USA — A federal jury in the Eastern District of Virginia convicted a Honduran man last Monday of leading a drug trafficking organization that helped smuggle thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States over the last decade. Arnulfo Fagot-Maximo, 57, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine knowing that the cocaine was […]

By Adrian Loveridge With the recently announced major changes taking place across the region, is it time for our banks radically to change the way they currently run their businesses? What prompted these thoughts was looking at new innovative players in the market, noticeably in the United Kingdom and particularly with Starling Bank. Absolutely no […]

By Jean H Charles Jesus the Christ, the God made man who came on earth to redeem humanity, hated the hypocrites. In Mathew 6 he treated them as stage actors, phony, acting a role, duplicitous, he felt like vomiting them. I am making the proposition we can solve most of the problems of this world […]

Dear Sir: With the current healthcare crisis we must send letters to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): 525 23rd StreetWashington, DC 20037Telephone 1-202-974-3663Fax 1-202-974-3663Attention: Deputy Director, Dr Isabella Daniel We can no longer count on the St Lucian government to help us. They have their own financial interests that are their priority. Tourism, don’t […]

Dear Sir: During one of the busiest seasons of the year, with Tobagonians praying for the Tobago economy to improve after suffering the collapse of the sea-bridge, this government is once more taking Tobago to the brink by crashing the sea-bridge again. The government refused to heed the warnings of concerned citizens of Trinidad and […]

A young driver escaped serious injury after the car he was driving veered off the Troumasse river bridge in Micoud and overturned on the river bed below, an emergency official has confirmed. The incident occurred Sunday morning between 4.00 and 5.00 am, according to the official. According to reports, the vehicle was heading North at […]

Dear Sir: I challenge Minister Imbert to reconvene a JSC with haste to deliberate on the two additional tax bills needed to make Trinidad and Tobago compliant with international tax laws before the December 31st EU/Global Forum deadline, if indeed this is the true deadline. Why does this PNM administration continue with its lackadaisical approach, […]

Dear Sir: The information purporting to be a list of the members of the Bryan-Roach Transition Team is not accurate, and neither was it sanctioned by the leadership of the Bryan-Roach Transition Team. Information coming from sources other than the transition’s press secretary or co-chairs is not official information. The leadership of the Bryan-Roach Transition […]

Suicide is often left undiscussed, particularly in rural areas, but being a Babonneau-ian (if that is even a word) and living in an area with the highest rates of suicide, you can’t help but wonder what factors lead people to ultimately take their own lives.